South Dakota Brothers Win at International Open Steer Show
Black Jack the Aberdeen Angus steer, entered by Gregory Arendt and his brothers Aloysius and Peter from South Dakota, sparked a record sale at the International Live Stock auction near Hanmore. The steer sold for 31,000 dollars, with high bids reaching 15.50 per pound, as the brothers’ family of 13 children competes for college funding.
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Gregory Arendt
Aloysius
Peter
Marlene Wiseman
Anita Bulfer
Gilran
Iowa
Michael Miller
Alta
Sharon Harrold
Arendt Brothers
Highmore
S. Dak
Gregory
Kentucky Signs Joint Meat Inspection Act
Kentucky and the U S Department of Agriculture announced a cooperative agreement to create a joint federal state meat inspection program under the Talmadge Aiken Act. The plan covers shared costs and contrasts with Wholesome Meat Act arrangements where USDA funds assist state programs.
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Kentucky
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Farm Auctions Across Iowa This Week
A dense notice lists multiple farm auctions from December 5 to 27 across Iowa towns including Fairfield Manchester Strawberry Point Cedar Rapids Swisher Mechanicsville Center Point Belle Plaine Blairstown and more. Items include livestock machinery hay straw grain and animals such as Holsteins and sheep with exact locations and times for each sale.
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Ray Heston
Acre
Fairfield
Harold Antons & Klink
Manchester
Earl Swales
Strawberry Point
Stanley Nelson
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Robert Becicka
U.S. 30
Sanhoe Rd
Frank C. Jindrich
Swisher
Larry Deppe Wins Wilson Sheep Award
An 18 year old Iowa Master Lamb Producer, Larry Deppe of Maquoketa, won a $600 national education scholarship in the 4H sheep program. He received the honor at the 47th National H Congress in Chicago, as one of six national winners, from Wilson Co. Deppe is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin Platteville and has built a flock of 20 ewes and 32 lambs along with several purebred stock.
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Chicago
Iowa
Larry Deppe
Allan Deppe
Maquoketa
Wilson & Co., Inc
Ling- Temco-Vought, Inc
Deppe
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Wisconsin, Platteville
Larry
Southdowns
Nampshires
Columbias
Number of ASC County Offices Being Reduced
Washington UPI reports the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service county offices shrink from 2,945 in 1961 to 2,865 now, with 168 multi county offices and 49 two to three county setups. Employment fell from 28,841 full time equivalents in 1962 to 18,748 in 1968 as offices close and workloads decline.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
ASC
Grazing Sheep Warned on Harvested Corn Fields
Iowa State University sheep specialist Tom Wickersham warns sheep owners to watch ewes grazing harvested corn. Leftover corn can cause overeating leading to death, sickness, or pregnancy problems. Cattle should be run first to reduce accessible grain, then ewes reintroduced as grain hardens.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Tom Wickersham
Wickersham
Strawberry Point To Host Pork Officers Meeting
Strawberry Point will host the county pork producers association officers fall meeting at the city hall on Tuesday December 10 at 8 p m. Mike Ford field secretary of the Iowa Pork Producers Association says the group will discuss Nickels for Profit 1969 membership goals and preview a film The Bear Facts produced by the Pork Investors Club of Iowa.
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Strawberry Point
Four-H Recognition Banquet Set for Saturday in Waukon
Allamakee county 4-H recognizes members at a banquet Saturday at 7 30 pm. The event will be held at the Red Onion cafe in Waukon.
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Red Own
World butter output at new high in 1967
World butter producers report 10.8 billion pounds produced by 37 main nations in 1967 federation data. Europe accounts for much of the 5 percent rise, driven by increased production across principal dairy sectors.
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New Righ
Rome
Europe
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South Dakota
Hanmore
Miller’s Blue
Towa
Nebraska
Khiad
Sharon Schilder
Malcom
Linda, Pam
Mary Lou Goecke
Clemens
John Hook
Buckingham
Vick Gentry
Whitman
Neb
Gazette
Glen C. Rathien
Marengo
Carl Edmonds
Vinton
Claude Catt
Independence
Straw
Arthur Saum
Mechanicsville
H.K. Goods
Bud Smith
Springville
John G. Cilek
Salon
Angus, Mach
Carl E. Martin
Center Point
Rex Foster
Belle Plaine
Mary
Joe Rayman
C.R
Halsteins
David Pickers
Blairstown
Gilbert Hopp
Milton Koisto
Walford
Scott
Alicins
Wilson
China
Boston
Discount Mart
First St
Old Post Office
Hawkere
Brenner
Linn
Linn County
John Freeman
Penny Pflughaupt
Coggan
Kent Schwartz
Walker
Janet Booth
Marion
Francis Krivanek
Laveda Hynek
Ely
Steve Zieser
Cletis Hutchins
Robert Rhodes
Hiawatha
Frank Novotny
Rhodes
Novotny
Toddville
George Loehr
Virgil Heins
First Trust & Savings Bank
Office of
C. R. Kitchen
Optometrist
Isears
Illinois
Louisiana
John Ingram
E. 11Th
Mid-America
Illinois Central Railroad
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